Daniel Sturridge sums up Liverpool right now after another poor result

Former Liverpool striker Daniel Sturridge summed the Reds up on Sky Sports after another poor result, with Arne Slot's men unable to make the breakthrough against Leeds

Former Liverpool striker Daniel Sturridge has offered his opinion(Image: Sky Sports // YouTube)

Daniel Sturridge says Liverpool looks "tired" after it failed to score against Leeds at Anfield, ending a game 0-0 for the first time since Arne Slot arrived at the club 18 months ago.

Florian Wirtz struggled to make an impact and Hugo Ekitike started well but was largely anonymous in the second half. While Liverpool has found more defensive stability in recent weeks, that has come at the cost of lacking creativity.

"They'll be disappointed with that performance," Sturridge said on Sky Sports. "They looked a little bit tired; they lacked that sharpness. There wasn't much from them threatening Leeds. They controlled it quite well, but they didn't have that creative sharpness."

Up next for Liverpool is consecutive trips to London to take on Fulham and then Arsenal. The Reds are next in action at home against Burnley in a game that could be similar to this Leeds fixture.

"A goal... that's the most simple answer," Arne Slot said when asked what was missing. "And to score a goal against a team that's defending so well in and around their box, there are a few ways to unlock it.

"That is for some teams in this league, or for a lot of teams in this league, a set-piece. We were close with Virgil [van Dijk]. We got eight — unfortunately, we didn't score.

"Another way of unlocking it is something we saw last week against Wolves, when Jeremie Frimpong had his moment of magic, a quick one-v-one where he brought the ball in, and I think he had a few of those moments today as well.

Hugo Ekitike felt he should have been awarded a penalty in Liverpool's 0-0 draw against Leeds(Image: Getty Images)

"If you look at the bigger picture, so you forget the one-v-ones, I said to them at half-time [that] we can bring more bodies in the box than we in moments did in the first half. When we did cross, it would have been nice if there were more bodies in their box from us, not from them but from us.

"A lot of ball possession. I think we are the team with the most ball possession this year in the league, but ball possession means not a lot if you cannot create enough chances.

"To create chances against a low block you need pace, individual special moments to create an overload. You don't see a lot of 15-to-20-passes goals against low blocks.

"And another way of course of unlocking is from a counter-attack or winning the ball back high up the pitch when they want to bring the ball out from the back.

"But if I simply look at the second half, I think their goalkeeper almost kicked every ball long. Then when you win it, there are 11 players in front of you.

"Everyone, including me, wants us to go forward as fast as possible but when there are 11 players standing in front of you in and around their box, it's not so easy to find players who are free close enough to the goal.

"That's why it was another time — not for the first time this season — we saw a team that wanted, tried, kept trying, but it was hard for us to find an opening."

Liverpool.com says: In isolation, this result is fine for a team chasing the Champions League spots, which is ultimately where the Reds are at the moment. It was frustrating, but Liverpool is still generally (and slowly) heading in the right direction.